From Wednesday, February 14 through Saturday, February 17, Guadalajara will glow bright as ignited phosphorus when the city celebrates its second annual “GDL Luz” festival.

Thursday, February 8, 10 a.m., the Spanish Book Club will discuss “Massacre in Mexico” by Elena Poniatowska.

It won’t be long until French bulldogs Bella and Tiger can drink purified water from their own bebedores (drinking fountains) in the spectacularly refurbished Parque las Carmelitas in Guadalajara’s Colonia Jardines del Sol.

Last Sunday, Zapopan law enforcement raided a section of the Ciudad Bugambilias subdivision they claim was being used as a brothel in which sex and drugs were sold to minors.

The results of a recent study has purported to define the chief likes and dislikes of Guadalajara’s populace.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our January editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.